Arts & Sciences Magazine | Winter 2023

MOAS GUILD NEWS

BY DIANE ROGERS

AND

SETH

ON THE COVER:

NASA's Space Launch System rocket blasting off from Launch Complex 39B. Water can be seen at the bottom right from the deluge system for sound suppression and heat reduction around the rocket and launchpad.

Credit: NASA/Chris Coleman and Kevin Davis

Executive Director TABITHA SCHMIDT

ERIC MAUK, Registrar and Collections Manager

MEGAN FINLEY, Research and Curatorial Assistant

ROBERT WOHLRAB, Preparator

JAMES ZACHARIAS, Senior Curator of History

NICOLE MESSERVY, Manager of Education

JOHN HERMAN, Education Assistant

CAITLYN MONTGOMERY, Group Tour Coordinator

SETH MAYO, Curator of Science

JASON SCHREINER, Planetarium Coordinator

CHRISTIAN TRAVERSON, Science Communicator

STEVE CONKLIN, Director of Finance

DIANNE MORRIS, Finance Associate

JENELLE CODIANNE, Director of Marketing and Public Relations

CLAIRE BRUBAKER, Marketing and Social Media Manager

CLARISSA LEON, Database Coordinator

ALEXANDRA MIDDLETON, Senior Director of Operations and Human Resources

RENAE ANN, Assistant Director of Sales and Special Events

DORIS STRNAD, Rental Manager

SAVANNAH WEAVER, Event Assistant

BRANDON SHEPPARD, Senior Director of Campus Services

JOHN BRUCE, Security Supervisor

ANGELO PIERCE, JR., Security Training Specialist

Guest Relations Team

SUSAN BLANK, Guest Relations Associate

SARA CAMPBELL, Guest Relations Associate

CATHERINE GOODMAN, Guest Relations Associate

SUE HIBBITTS, Guest Relations Associate

EILEEN PATOCKA, Guest Relations Museum Store Coordinator

LISA SHAW, Guest Relations Coordinator

KAILYN SMITH-ALDRICH, Guest Relations Associate

KATHRYN YOHE, Guest Relations Associate

Maintenance Team

DEAN CORMIER, Facilities Assistant

ISRAEL TAYLOR, Facilities Assistant

CARLOS ZELLARS, Facilities Assistant

Security Team

CALEB CANLON, Security

ANDY GION, Security

EVE GREER, Security

SHELBY JARRELL, Security

CAROL MAKKY, Security

RON MERTHE, Security

AMANDA MITCHELL, Security

ANGELO PIERCE, JR., Security

KYLE RANKIN, Security

ROBIN SATHOFF, Security

Editor/Art Director

JENELLE CODIANNE

Contributing Writers

SETH MAYO

DIANE ROGERS

ZACH ZACHARIAS

What a fun first four months at MOAS! Apparently, I am a true Floridian now having weathered two hurricanes in a matter of a month. Hurricane Ian caused the Museum to be closed for almost two weeks due to flooding, tree debris, and power failures, but our fantastic team got everything back up and running as soon as possible. Thankfully, Hurricane Nicole was very minor for the Museum, sadly others were not so lucky. In that same timeframe, the Museum has been going through a reaccreditation process with the American Alliance of Museums. MOAS is currently accredited, a distinction of only about 1,100 museums out of over 30,000. Reaccreditation is the time when we complete a self-study, review our practices, receive a site visit (which happened in November), and learn where to improve. We consider it our “every 10-year report card.” One of the highlights of my first few months was the Halifax Art Festival. A great big thank you to the Guild for their hard work to raise money on behalf

of the Museum. I have fallen in love with Gustavo Castillo’s artwork. The Museum already owns one piece and has now purchased a second, thanks to the generosity of the Guild.

SCHMIDT

As part of creating a deep understanding of the Museum and the Community, I have been talking with staff, Board members, volunteers, and community members. I am learning a great deal, and am genuinely grateful for everything that has been shared. This critical information will now be incorporated into our next initiative, a new Strategic Plan. We have begun the information-gathering phase of this project with the full process unfolding in 2023. This initiative will take a holistic look at where we are and where we want to go, and it will incorporate representatives from our key stakeholders in the discussion to make sure we are hearing all points of view. My sincere appreciation to everyone for the warm welcome both me and my husband have received. We love Florida, and I couldn’t be more honored to be the next Executive Director of MOAS.

TABITHA

The MOAS Staff gathered in the front entrance courtyard of the Museum after a full morning of cleanup from Hurricane Ian in September/October 2022

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SPONSORS

GOLD Abdulhussein Family Brown & Brown, Inc.

2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Todd Huffstickler, President

Bill Chapin, FAIA, Vice President

Dr. Kent Sharples, Assistant Vice President Andy Watts, Treasurer

Jack White, Assistant Treasurer

Ann Phillips, Secretary

Cici Brown, Trustee Liaison Tom Hart, Past President

Melinda Dawson

Jeri Delgado

Randy Dye

Bruce Heugel

Katherine Hurst Miller

Garrett Klayer

Diane Rogers, MOAS Guild Representative Judge Belle Schumann

Jill Simpkins

Amy Workowski Allison Morris Zacharias

HONORARY TRUSTEES

Miriam Blickman

Anderson Bouchelle (Deceased)

J. Hyatt Brown

Alys Clancy (Deceased)

Tippen Davidson (Deceased)

Susan Root Feibleman (Deceased)

Thurman Gillespy, Jr., MD (Deceased)

Herbert Kerman (Deceased)

Chapman Root (Deceased)

Jan Thompson (Deceased)

Executive Director Emeritus Gary R. Libby

Cici and Hyatt Brown Daytona Beach News-Journal Destination Daytona Beach Guild of the Museum of Arts & Sciences Halifax Health ICI Homes NASCAR Zgraph, Inc.

SILVER Cobb Cole

CTO Realty Growth, Inc. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Jon Hall Chevrolet BRONZE

Bahama House Bomar Construction, Inc. Giles Electric Company L. Gale Lemerand and Jill Simpkins

Gene and Diane Rogers Stuart and Lisa Sixma David and Toni Slick

ABOUT THE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

The Museum of Arts and Sciences is a not-for-profit educational institution, chartered by the State of Florida in 1962 and accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Museum collections and research include Cuban and Florida art, American fine and decorative arts, European fine and decorative arts, pre-Columbian and African artifacts, Pleistocene fossils, Florida history and regional natural history. Permanent and changing exhibitions, lectures, and classes highlight educational programs. The Museum houses changing arts and sciences exhibition galleries, permanent collection galleries, a gallery of American art, paintings, decorative arts and furniture, the Charles and Linda Williams Children’s Museum, the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art, the Cuban Fine and Folk Art Museum, the Lowell and Nancy Lohman Family Planetarium, library, the Frischer Sculpture Garden, maintains nature trails in a 90-acre preserve in adjacent Tuscawilla Park, and operates Gamble Place in Port Orange.

The Museum of Arts and Sciences is recognized by the State of Florida as a cultural institution and receives major funding from the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

Major Museum programs and activities for members, school children and the general public are also supported by grants from the County of Volusia, the Guild of the Museum of Arts & Sciences, Elfun Community Fund, and over 30 Major Sponsors from the community.

MUSEUM HOURS: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday

The Museum of Arts and Sciences is committed to the Americans with Disabilities Act by making our facility and programs accessible to all people. If you have any special requirements, suggestions, or recommendations, please contact our representative, Executive Director, Andrew Sandall, at 386.255.0285. If you prefer, you may contact the Cultural Council of Volusia County representative at 386.257.6000, or the Division of Cultural Affairs, The Capitol, Tallahassee 850.487.2980, or TT 850.488.5779.

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ADVERTISING INQUIRIES

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Volunteer of the Quarter

PATRICK FORESTELL

Patrick moved to Florida in 2012 after forty-some years in Brunswick, Maine. Over the years, he has been involved in many non-profits from Rotary International and American Red Cross to the United Way and other civic and social nonprofit organizations.

He feels that it is important to give back and foster opportunities for others by supporting community organizations. He loves coming to the Museum and is grateful for the opportunity afforded to him to share his support through volunteering for the many social and educational programs. Patrick believes that the Museum is a hidden treasure here in Central Florida and is a place that the whole family can enjoy time and time again throughout the year. Be sure to look for Patrick volunteering at one of our next events!

Philanthropist of the Year

KATHERINE HURST MILLER

On November 15, 2022 our MOAS Board President, Katherine Hurst-Miller was honored by the Volusia/Flagler chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) as the Philanthropist of the Year.

Katherine has served as a board member for the Museum of Arts & Sciences since 2015. She has been a part of the major construction projects for the Museum that have steered the organization into a new era through monetary donations and time. Most recently in 2022, Katherine played an instrumental role in the nationwide search for the new MOAS Executive Director.

Katherine is a lawyer at the firm of Wright & Casey, P.A. Along with serving as president of the MOAS Board of Trustees, Katherine also serves as a board member of the Volusia County Bar Assocation, St. Barnabas Episcopal School, and Suddenly Joyful Global Missions.

2022 Annual Meeting Awards

During this year's Annual Meeting we celebrated this year's award winners and bid farewell to our current Board of Trustees President, Katherine Hurst Miller, as her term comes to an end this year.

Henry Saltzman Award

LOWELL & NANCY LOHMAN

The Henry Saltzman Award is the highest recognition awarded annually by the Museum’s Board of Trustees in appreciation of extraordinary efforts toward enriching the educational and cultural climate Volusia County.

When considering who to award for 2022, the answer was simple. With a passion for supporting people within their community, this couple has blessed organizations including the Halifax Humane Society, the Council on Aging, Bethune-Cookman University, and many others.

At the start of the Museum’s endowment campaign in 2019, and without hesitation, they became lead contributors with the naming of the Lowell and Nancy Lohman Planetarium. But the relationship that they have with the Museum goes beyond that of a financial transaction. With a passion for learning, the Lohman’s worked with the FUTURES Foundation and Volusia County Schools to develop the Lohman’s Museum of Arts & Sciences Field Study program which provides the opportunity for all Volusia County Schools 5th and 8th grade students to visit the Museum throughout a three-year time span. Now in the second year of the program, we were blessed once again as the Lohman’s announced this past September that they would be committing to three additional years of the program.

Community Service Award

GE VOLUNTEERS

The Community Service Award is presented in recognition of a community group that is dedicated to supporting the Museum through volunteer work.

The GE Volunteers is a group of retired GE Engineers who dedicate their time, expertise, and resources to helping the Volusia Community. The GE group have been volunteering to help maintain and improve the William’s Children’s Museum since 2002. It all started with a $7,500 to assist with exhibitions for the Children’s Museum. Since then the group has raised a total of $101,499 through donations, matching gifts from GE, and various GE grants. Not only has these funds assisted in the upkeep of the Children’s Museum but also to create traveling hands on exhibitions for Science Night outreaches at elementary and middle schools within Volusia and Flagler County.

Root Family Award of Distinction GALE LEMERAND

The Root Family Award of Distinction is presented in recognition of outstanding support and services to the Museum of Arts & Sciences.

This year’s award recipient is a major supporter of many organizations within the community. Contributing life changing donations to entities such as the Council on Aging, the Boy Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, United Way, and March of Dimes, his passion for people and giving back to the community is admirable. As one of the lead donors to the Museum’s endowment, we are so fortunate to have so supportive seeing the value in contributing to the Museum’s future.

Marge Sigerson Volunteer of the Year Award ANNE

& WAYNE GALYA

The Marge Sigerson Volunteer of the Year Award is offered in recognition of exceptional volunteerism with the Museum of Arts & Sciences.

Anne and Wayne Galya moved to the Daytona Beach area in 2016 and have been volunteers at MOAS since January 2017. Anne is a Docent often found touring through the Root Family Museum, the Schulte Gallery of Chinese Art, and the Dow Gallery of American Art and Furniture. While Wayne assists in the Museum Store. They are a dynamic duo here at MOAS while volunteering together. Together they strive to provide the best possible visitor experience by showcasing the things they love at MOAS and helping them find the perfect reminder of their time at MOAS. Over the past 4 years Anne and Wayne have donated over 700 hours. Anne and Wayne are always willing to help in any way possible and we are so thankful for all the time that they dedicate to MOAS.

BY JAMES "ZACH" ZACHARIAS, SENIOR CURATOR OF HISTORY

In the 19th century traveling to Florida was an arduous journey. After the Civil War, the best way to visit the state was by steamship. Travelers would take multiple steamships from New York to Charleston, Savannah, and then finally land in Jacksonville, the gateway to Florida. From there, the intrepid visitor could take another steamship to St. Augustine, Palatka, Sanford, or Enterprise. Much like today, northern tourists visited Florida during the winter months as it was marketed as a place for warm winters, rejuvenation of health, and a sportsman’s paradise. Victorian travel writers and the companies that owned the steamship and railroad lines promoted Florida as a paradise for winter tourists.

While steam-powered boats had a major impact on American travel, steam-powered trains changed

European travel. George Stephenson from Northumberland, England, called the “father of the railways,” invented the steam locomotive and railroad system we know today. Although there were others before him, like Robert Trevithick who put the first steam-powered engine on locomotive on a rail, it was Stevenson who perfected travel by rail as a revolutionary form of transportation. In 1825, Stephenson’s first true passenger train traveled from Darlington to Stockton, carrying 450 people and covering 25 miles at a speed of 15 miles per hour. This feat of public transportation marked a milestone of technology that is still extremely popular today. In contrast, steamboat travel has been on the wrong

side of history and all but disappeared by the 1920s. The steam locomotive was the final straw for the steamboat. Train travel revolutionized tourist travel and economic growth all over the world. Florida was no exception.

Trains created a more interconnected society; people could travel longer distances, and people could easily change the place where they lived and worked. It expanded and created new markets for a wider variety of goods. Extensive rail networks allowed for new towns and cities to spring up along their routes. It negatively impacted indigenous populations as well, especially in the Plains states, by altering the landscape and wildlife. During the American Civil War it allowed both the South and the North to move large amounts of soldiers and supplies over larger distances, and to strategic locations much easier and faster. In the end, the railroads provided a unifying force to unite the country and continent as one.

After the Civil War, what was needed in Florida? Infrastructure! The St. Johns River was the main highway into Florida, and it took travelers to parts of the remote interior. After the American Civil War ended, Florida was in debt for over a million dollars due to its participation in the War. This was an unimaginable amount of money for the time. It was owed to the Florida Internal Improvement Fund which held title to a massive amount of land in Florida. In 1880, Florida’s infrastructure took a drastic turn that forever changed the state because of a wealthy industrialist, Hamilton Disston. He traveled up the St. Johns River by steamboat on a hunting trip as a guest of Henry Sanford. On this trip, he developed a vision of Florida as a great agricultural state. He paid off the Civil War debt owed by Florida in exchange for vast tracts of land. This freed up the possibility for the State to give generous land grants to railroad builders.

The Coming of the Two Henrys

Two land developers and future resort builders, Henry Morrison Flagler, and Henry Plant had visions of creating playgrounds for wealthy northerners who made fortunes during the Gilded Age (1865-1900). Henry Flagler, visiting St. Augustine for the second time with his new wife, was very impressed with the charming seaport. He envisioned St. Augustine as the Newport of the South. He bought existing railroads and converted them to standard gauge. He constructed the Ponce de Leon, the world’s greatest fantasy resort, in the heart of the city, completing it in 1888. This ultra-luxurious hotel served the nouveau riche with modern amenities like electricity, art studios, private parlors, orchestras, and even Pinkerton detective services.

Henry made some important decisions regarding his hotel and the rail line which brought visitors to his new luxury resort. He created no images to the Confederacy or the southern generals. Rather, he tied the hotel’s history to the Spanish culture on which St. Augustine was founded. This makes total sense since he was appealing to northern visitors. His young architects designed a neo–Spanish Mediterranean hotel with a new system of poured concrete with coquina shells and built-in electricity. Now, luxury rail travel could take you into Northeast Florida, fit for a

wealthy clientele without the hassle of steamboat travel. Henry would go on to build or acquire additional hotels in St. Augustine, most importantly, the Alcazar and the Hotel Cordova. Now, a triumvirate of luxury hotels awaited the well-heeled visitors from the Northeast.

Henry did not stop there. His rail system, the Florida East Coast Railroad, made its way

south to Ormond Beach with the purchase of a large wooden hotel, The Ormond Hotel. Next, convinced to go further south by his artist friend Laura Woodward, he became enamored with Lake Worth and the Palm Beach area. He built two grandiose hotels, the Royal Poinciana, and The Breakers, and extended his railroad line to them. Eventually, he made his way down to the Miami River

Henry Plant, image from Florida Photographic Collection , “Henry Plant” Wikipedia (March 7, 2008, 28 June 2008, < http:// en.wikipedia.

Henry M. Flagler, Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Flagler

Ponce de Leon Hotel, built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler and completed in 1888. Now known as Flagler College.

with his rail line and built the Royal Palm Hotel on the beautiful and pristine Miami River.

Flagler’s final grand vision and personal destiny was for the railroad to reach Key West. Initially considered a fool’s errand, he pushed his line south over 142 miles of open ocean skipping across 42 islands. When the Key West extension was completed, it was called the Eighth Wonder of the World. His crowning achievement connected the entire east side of Florida by rail. Flagler, by putting in a rail line down the entire east coast, provided access and connections to his newly built seaside resorts. This line did more than just provide fancy vacations for the upper class, it brought northern culture and values to the state. The result sent Florida on a path to shed its southern culture. Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railroad created a dividing line with the wealthy living on the east side of the tracks and poorer communities on the west side of the tracks.

Meanwhile, on Florida’s west coast, another en trepreneur took advantage of the newly available land grants from the state. After the Civil War, Henry B. Plant saw an opportunity to acquire several small railroad companies in the south that were on the verge of bankruptcy. His vision was to connect West Florida with the rest of the nation. Plant was responsible for opening a network of lines along with a string of luxury hotels for Gilded Age tourists and connecting this remote part of the state. His railroad, the Plant Line or System, cut through the north central part of the state and arrived in Tampa in 1884. The tourist could travel the Plant System from Charleston to Tampa, and eventually down to Punta Gorda. At the time of its completion, only 800 people lived in Tampa. His investment in the railroad line put Tampa on the map as a city on the move. Plant built rival hotels to compete with Henry Flagler’s Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine. Plant’s huge Tampa Bay Hotel, built in 1891 with a stunning Moorish and Turkish architectural style, was his grandest achievement in his quest to be a resort builder.

The Tampa Bay Hotel cost two million dollars to build and $500,000 to furnish with over 500 rooms, including all the luxuries expected by the wealthy northern tourist like electricity, a telegraph office, reading rooms, grand sculpted gardens, a barbershop, a beauty salon, a golf course, and much more. This, too, was a fantasy resort like the Ponce de Leon Hotel. It evoked romance and a bit of mystery of faraway places. In 1898, it was the headquarters for the Spanish American War. President McKinley chose Tampa as the strategic port for debarkation to move United States military men and equipment to Cuba. The hotel played a significant role in providing lodging for dignitaries, reporters, and generals including the Rough Riders and Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Henry Plant’s rail line played a significant logistical role in the army’s arrival in Tampa. Eventually, the hotel closed during the depression and became the University of Tampa in 1933. The same fate would happen to the Ponce de Leon hotel in the late 1960s when it became Flagler College.

The Tampa Bay Hotel, a 511-room resort-style hotel that opened on February 5, 1891, originally built by Henry B. Plant.

At the turn of the 20th century, the rail was about to go the way of the steamship because of a one-time daredevil racecar driver, tinkerer, and entrepreneur named Henry Ford. He set out to build an automobile for the middle class that was reliable and affordable, and he did just that. For the most part, this brought an end to a golden age of steamboat and railroad travel in the United States. He wanted to get the horse and buggy off the city streets and have people reconnect with nature by using the horseless carriage to see the countryside. The automobile gave people personal freedom of travel never before known. Few people have changed the world and economy forever in the way Henry Ford did.

The Museum is proud to have two railcars on display due to the generosity of the Root Family. The Hiawatha and Silver Holly are special artifacts in the Museum’s collection. The 1948 streamline Hiawatha observation car is one of only two known in the world; only a handful were ever made. It ran on the Milwaukee Road between Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota; 400 miles in 400 minutes. The Hiawatha is an observation car called a Skytop Lounge Car. It was luxurious with plush captain’s chairs, couches, private rooms, and restrooms. These trains were competing not only against the automobile but the airlines as well. It

made sense to lure and keep passengers by providing a comfortable and plush experience to hold onto your market share. The competition from cars and air travel was too much, and the Milwaukee Road ceased operation in 1986 but suffered decades of financial hardship before it ceased operation.

The Silver Holly, named after a personal family friend, was the Root Family’s personal travel car in which the family would hitch a ride with Amtrak or other lines to travel the United States to places like the annual Indianapolis 500 or for vacation fun to the Southwestern United States. The Silver Holly was originally a streamline 1948 Zephyr Passenger Car with

some 75 seats. It was purchased by Chapman Root, then retrofitted with bedrooms, his and her bathrooms, a kitchen, and a living room. The upper dome observation deck was kept original and was a popular place for the family to play card games and watch the beautiful countryside go by.

The Museum is very fortunate to have these two incredible pieces of American history on permanent display. The trains evoke romance and a sense of nostalgia that harkens back to Florida’s Gilded Age. These trains, like many of the Museum’s artifacts, tell stories and hold unique significance to different people.

The Silver Holly and Hiawatha train cars that are on display in the Root Family Museum Train Station at the Museum of Arts & Sciences.

WINTER EXHIBITS

Pacific Exotics: The Woodblock Prints of Paul Jacoulet

THROUGH JANUARY 15, 2023 KARSHAN CENTER OF GRAPHIC ART

Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960) designed a remarkable set of woodblock prints that are beautifully composed, visually exciting, and masterfully produced. This group of 47 of the original prints - about a third of his total output - demonstrate, not only Jacoulet’s interest in exotic subjects but also the remarkable range of techniques and unsurpassed skill his carvers and printers used to achieve the images. Using the centuries-old process of Ukiyo-e carving and printing, Jacoulet and his printing team created fascinating portraits of South Sea and northern Asian individuals with many cultural and geographic details to indicate their heritage and location. Jacoulet did not compromise on quality. He used only the best paper and inks. Though he used traditional processes, his images are modern. His works reflected little of the artistic trends of the time but beautifully synthesize Japanese and French aesthetics. Image Credit: Les Paradisiers Menado, Celebes, 1937, woodblock on paper

Magical: The Art of Susan Zukowsky

OPENING THROUGH JANUARY 22, 2023 GARY R. LIBBY ENTRY COURT

Susan Zukowsky was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1949 into an Air Force family. While growing up, she attended many different schools in Guam, Texas, Alabama, and Florida. Picture books were a source of solace.

She received her B.A. in Fine Art from the University of South Florida, with the help of a four-year work/study program. As a lithography major, she assisted Master Printers of GRAPHICSTUDIO in the production of work by Rauschenberg, Rosenquist, and Ruscha. At this time, in her own work, collage became the first step in creating lithographic images. Later, the medium was a means of communication in letters without words. The printed image became her palette and her vocabulary. Zukowsky continues to communicate through appropriated images from our media culture in combination with disparate materials such as feathers, mirrors, balls, and beads to address topics as varied as violence, politics, nature, loss, and love. Her works are magical, dreamlike theatrical tableaus that are as mysterious as they are beautiful and represent some of the best contemporary Florida art in this representational collage tradition. Image Caption: Susan Zukowsky, Couveuse. Mixed Media Collage (paper, crystal drop, wooden egg, Victorian paper toy articulate bird, plastic feathers, silk thread, glue)

Florida Artists Group Statewide Exhibition

OPENING JANUARY 28, 2023

THROUGH APRIL 23, 2023

EDWARD E. AND JANE B. FORD GALLERY

The Florida Artists Group is the state’s premier professional-level artists’ organization. Established in 1949 by art leaders and University professors, this prestigious statewide Florida organization is composed of more than one hundred rigorously selected and invited members, many of whom are nationally and internationally recognized. FLAG’s mission is to enhance understanding of the myriad of visual art forms created today. This exhibition will bring together a selection of works by many of the best professional-level artists working in Florida today and all eight areas of the state will be represented.

A Beautiful Mess: Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguardd

OPENING DECEMBER 10, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 5, 2023

FORD GALLERY

This diverse exhibition features an allfemale roster of talented artists and includes approximately 18 artworks and installations. By utilizing non-traditional materials, personal memories & complex histories, the ten women artists in A Beautiful Mess strive to revolutionize a previously marginalized genre. A Beautiful Mess: Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguard was organized by Bedford Gallery at the Lesher enter for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA. Image Credit: Kirsten Hassenfeld, Millefleur, 2019, salvaged textiles with mixed media, 78 inches diameter.

A Treasury of Indian and Persian Miniature Painting

OPENING DECEMBER 10, 2022 THROUGH FEBRUARY 5, 2023 FORD GALLERY

The complex cultural heritage of India is woven into a rich, colorful fabric in this compilation of Indian miniature paintings. The first Indian paintings to receive notice and appreciation in the West were the miniature, created for the Mughal courts of India. Their realistically rendered tableaux of court life, warfare and portraiture appealed to Western tastes. Other works comprising this exhibit include Deccani: Muslim paintings from South India, Rajasthani: Paintings from the plains in North India, Pahari: Paintings from the Himalayan foothills, and the Dhruva Folios, which illustrate portions of the Prince Dhruva story from the fourth book (Pusan) of the Bhagavata-Purana. Image Credit: Embracing Couple with Female Server, 89.16.527, 19th century, Gift of Kenneth Worcester Dow and Mary Mohan Dow

every girl deserves flowers

THROUGH MARCH 5, 2023 NORTH

WING CORRIDOR

For five weeks in the spring of 2022, girls at Pace Center for Girls, VolusiaFlagler worked with Florida visual artist and writer, Patricia Christakos to explore the photographic possibilities of telling personal stories through self-portraiture. In addition to making traditional self-portraits, the girls created evocative portraits of landscapes, material objects, and personal interactions that held meaning and offered clues into their thought processes and unique identities. The results were unexpected, compelling, and powerful.

The Pace girls predominantly used cell phones for this project assisted by Pace staff with digital-single-lens cameras. Instructor/Artist Patricia Christakos, edited the girls’ work creating collaged images, adjusting colors and saturation levels, and resizing. Artists that inspired the girls’ work include Cindy Sherman, Frida Kahlo, Dana Stirling, and Lindsay Temple.

Florida women's artist association

OPEN MARCH 18, 2023 THROUGH MAY 29, 2023

ROOT HALL

Local women’s arts group that produces a unique exhibition each year consisting of art applied to objects beyond the usual canvas such as umbrellas or, this year, paper kites.

Minor Masterpieces: porcelain painted scenes from the collection

OPEN THROUGH MARCH 19, 2023

BOUCHELLE CHANGING GALLERY

The porcelain decorative arts at MOAS are from some of the finest traditions the world over. And the paintings on them are remarkable works for art in-and-of themselves. This exhibition highlights these miniature scenes, some of which were painted by highlyregarded painters, and discusses this mostly forgotten technique that was once considered essential for the well-dressed table. Image Credit: Vienna, Austria. Royal Vienna C. Herr, Royal Vienna Pitcher, c. 1800. Porcelain. Gift of Susan de Forest Day. 76.01.054.04

Curiosities from the Collection

OPEN MARCH 25, 2023

THROUGH AUGUST 20, 2023

BOUCHELLE CHANGING GALLERY

The MOAS collections contain many fascinating curiosities from the past including “Lord Byron’s Walnut” (a tiny perfume case made out of a walnut given to the wife of the painter John Hoppner) a small Egyptian cuneiform tablet, a box made of a mastodon tooth, a framed portion of the wallpaper from Napoleon’s last home in exile on the island of St. Helena, porcelain figures of humanoid shrimp and lobsters, a sword with a rooster head for a handle, miniature wooden replica of a butcher shop, a Polynesian star chart, and a three-handled ceramic mug. This exhibition will bring these rarely-exhibited unusual items out of storage to showcase the uniqueness of the MOAS collections.

Currently on Display at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art

Volusia County

Scenes from Volusia County and the importance of art schools and art venues in the development of culture within the county. Featured painting: South Beach Street, Daytona, James Ralph Wilcox, Volusia County

Florida Weather

FRANCE FAMILY GALLERY

Experience a myriad of Florida weather in just one day. The Florida Weather gallery offers a look at Florida weather as represented by art. Featured painting: Naomi Duckman (Furth); Storm on Seven Mile Bridge, Florida Keys, 1935

Key West: Southernmost USA

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WORLEY BROWN & FAMILY GALLERY

SENA H. & THOMAS ZANE GALLERY

Key West is an island located at the end of the Florida Keys, a chain of small, coral islands off the southern sip of Florida. It is the southern most point of the continental United States. The works in this exhibition demonstrate the variety of media that has been employed by artist to capture the events and scenes throughout Key West. Featured painting: Dock Scene, ca. 1980, William Nelson, oil on canvas

The Seminole and the Everglades

FRANCE FAMILY GALLERY

The Everglades is a region of tropical wetlands that occupies the southern portion of Florida. Water leaving the vast, shallow Lake Okeechobee in the wet season forms a slow-moving river 60 miles wide and over 100 miles long. Human habitation in the southern portion of the Florida peninsula dates from 15,000 years ago. The region was dominated by the native Calusa and Tequesta tribes. After European colonization, both tribes declined. The Seminole nation emerged out of groups of Native Americans, mostly Creek, from what are now the northern Muscogee peoples. Artists from the early 19th century on have found the visual characteristics of the people and the land compelling subjects for artworks. Featured painting: James F. Hutchinson; Seminole Man, 1992

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Museum Notice:

Please note that any of these events are subject to change or cancellation.

Please check the event calendar at MOAS.org for the latest updates on these upcoming events.

Ongoing Events

Wednesday, Yoga in the Gallery Wednesday, 5:30pm-6:30pm

Take a break from your busy day and enjoy weekly Yoga in the Gallery at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. Meet in the lobby to join registered yoga instructor, Ashley Brooks of Holistic Movements, for an hour-long session that will provide you with an opportunity to practice a series of gentle yoga poses. Class is open to all experience levels. Please bring a mat, towel, and water. Space is limited and registration is required. RSVP to the Museum at 386-255-0285. $12.00 for members, $20.00 for non-members.

January

Tuesday, January 3

2:00pm-5:00pm

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Join us in the Root Family Auditorium in conjunction with Daytona Beach Zone 3 City Commissioner Quanita May and 623 Management ad agency as we kick off Black History Month with a celebration of the rarely seen civil rights documentary, King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis. This Academy Award-nominated documentary film is constructed from a wealth of archival footage. It follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968 in his rise from regional activist to worldrenowned leader of the civil rights movement. Free for members and Volusia County residents or with paid museum admission.

Tuesday, January 10

2:00pm-3:00pm

Talk and Walk | Pacific Exotics: The Woodblock Prints of Paul Jacoulet

Join MOAS Docent, Carol Ann Moritz at the Museum of Arts & Sciences to learn about the rare and fascinating collection of Paul Jacoulet woodblock prints. Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960) designed a remarkable set of woodblock prints that are beautifully composed, visually exciting, and masterfully produced. This group of 47 of the original prints - about a third of his total output - demonstrate, not only Jacoulet's interest in exotic subjects but also the remarkable range of techniques and unsurpassed skill his carvers and printers used to achieve the images. Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Thursday, January 12

6:00pm-9:00pm

The 42nd Asbury Short Film Concert

Join us in the Root Family Auditorium at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for The 42nd Asbury Short Film Concert, presented by MOAS and Asbury Shorts USA. The 42nd Asbury Short Film Concert will feature a fast-paced and highly entertaining lineup of the best in short film comedy, drama, and animation. This two-hour showcase will include Oscar Nominees, US film festival 'Best of Show' winners, and international honorees from the past and present. This event is recommended for ages 16 and older. Museum doors open at 6:00pm for a cash bar. Auditorium doors open at 6:30pm for opening seating. Register online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. No refunds after January 5.

$20.00 for members, $25.00 for non-members.

Friday, January 13

7:00pm-9:00pm

Movie Night in the Lohman Planetarium: Friday the 13th Part III

Join us in the Lohman Planetarium for a showing of Friday the 13th Part III. Directly following the previous story, a wounded Jason Vorhees recovers in hiding as a new group of teens arrive at Camp Crystal Lake. Will they ever learn?

Wearing his iconic hockey mask for the first time, Jason decides to teach them a lesson. This film will be displayed in 16:9 aspect ratio on the Planetarium dome in high definition. Popcorn and snacks will be available at the concession stand. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the event start time. Rated R; viewer discretion is advised. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended by calling 386-255-0285. $10.00 for members, $12.00 for non-members.

Saturday, January 14

3:00pm-4:00pm

An Afternoon with Artist Enzo with Dr. Enzo Trapani

Back by popular demand, we will be joined in the Root Family Auditorium by Enzo Trapani, an artist, and neurologist, who combined his profession with his passion to merge science and art to develop a new concept called, Enzology™. In his new book, “The Pill on the Wall®” Enzo explains his theories and shows people the importance of being more aware of their environment to improve their health. The book explains how nutrition, psychology, physiology, spirituality, quantum physics, epigenetics, art, and medicine all work together. Understanding the Enzology™ theory can help you have a happier life. For more information on Dr. Trapani visit enzoart.org. $7.00 for members or $10.00 for non-members.

Saturday, January 14 7:00pm-10:00pm

Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts Rock-out monthly during one of the Museum's Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts in the Lohman Planetarium.

7:00pm: Laser Beatles

8:00pm: Rush 2112

9:00pm: Pink Floyd – The Wall Seating is limited. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285 or at MOAS.org.

$4.00 per show for members, $5.00 per show for non-members.

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Wednesday, January 18

2:00pm-3:30pm

Artist Demonstration with Johanna Riddle

Join mixed media artist Johanna Riddle in the Education Room at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art for an artist demonstration and discussion. Johanna combines painting, printmaking, dyes, mark-making, and chemical alterations to create mixed media collages and assemblages. Johanna’s award-winning art has been exhibited in a number of juried venues, including South Carolina's Art Fields, the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Sarasota Art Center, The Orlando Museum of Art, The Grey Gallery at NYU, Fifth Avenue Gallery, and The NAWA Gallery in New York City. Her work was selected for inclusion in the 2022 International Exhibition of Collage Artists and was featured in the 2022 edition of Art Folio: 100 of the World’s Most Exciting New Contemporary Artists.

Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Thursday, January 19

2:00pm-3:30pm

Florida Vistas Book Club: The Trouble with Panthers

Join us for our next Florida history book club meeting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art where we will be discussing The Trouble with Panthers by William Cuyler Hall. The fictional Rawlerson family has been in Florida's cattle industry for several generations. In 2004, family members are divided over how they should adapt from Florida's past to an inevitable future. The wise old Native American Solomon encourages the earnest young cattleman Bodie Rawlerson to protect his family's way of life, but that goal proves to be impossible. This novel earned the first place Florida Book Award for Best Florida Fiction and the Patrick D. Smith Book Award. RSVP to attend online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. Free for members, $5.00 for future members.

Thursday, January 19

5:30pm-7:30pm

Wine Tasting: Andretti Wines

Join us at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art for our wine tasting series with S.R. Perrott. Spend the evening among friends while you sip up knowledge on swirling, tasting, and describing wine while learning about different pairings of light appetizers from Ravish Catering. This month’s program will be featuring Villa and Napa Andretti wines presented by Rico Chelini, the premier winemaker from Andretti Winery in Napa Valley, and Jeffery Valerio, Andretti National Sales Director. This event is for ages 21 and older. No refunds will be given after January 15. Purchase admission online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. $35.00 for members, $45.00 for non-members.

Friday, January 20

3:00pm-5:00pm

Florida Arbor Day

The third Friday in January is Florida’s Arbor Day, to coincide with Florida’s tree planting season. Join us in the Lohman Planetarium to celebrate with episodes from BBC’s Planet Earth II and The Green Planet. Seating is limited and on a firstcome, first-served basis for each show. Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Schedule: 3:00pm: Planet Earth II (Jungles)

4:00pm: The Green Planet (Tropical Worlds)

Saturday, January 21

10:00am-3:00pm

Florida History Con

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for an all-day celebration of Florida history. Enjoy various Florida history reenactors, historical displays, costumes, local history clubs, and more!

Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Schedule: 10:00am: "Holes: Stop Digging Up Our City" with Nicole Diehm, Digital Collections Librarian St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library

11:00am: "Presidents in Florida" with Dr. James Clarke UCF Professor of History

12:00pm: "Audubon's Epic Travels in Florida-1831-32" with Local Historian Joseph Vetter

1:00pm: "The Tiger's Almost Home" with Volusia County Historian Dan Friend

2:00pm: “MISS LOUISA’S BOARDINGHOUSE" with St. Augustine Historian and Reenactor Diane Jacoby

Wednesday, January 25

12:00pm-1:30pm

Lunch and Learn: Women Artists in the Collection at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art

There are many women artists showcased in the Brown Museum’s collection of historical Florida landscapes. Though their paintings were largely left out of the story of American art these important works reflect the same romantic sensibility, respect for balance, luminosity, and love of picturesque landscapes as their male counterparts. Join Senior Curator of History, Zach Zacharias and Master Landscape, Artist Arnold Desmarais at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art to learn about this important collection of women artists. Call the Museum to reserve your RSVP at 386-255-0285 ext. 312 and to place your lunch order. Space is limited and advanced RSVP and paid lunch are required.

$10.00 for members, $20.00 for non-members (includes lunch)

Friday, January 27

6:30pm-10:00pm

MOAS Night Sky Festival

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as we celebrate the wonders of astronomy and the night sky for Florida’s most exciting star party.

Stop by MOAS for our Night Sky Festival as we peer through a wide variety of telescopes set up outside in the front entrance courtyard. The winter sky is in full view as we observe the crescent Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Pleiades, the Orion Nebula, and much more. Throughout the evening, we will be performing live outdoor sky tours with green laser pointers, presenting astronomy programs in the Lohman Planetarium, and conducting handson activities around the Museum.

Make sure to also include a trip to the nearby ERAU campus for their Astronomy Open House where you will find telescope tours, astronomy presentations, hands-on demonstrations, and have an opportunity to look through one of the largest publicly accessible telescopes in the southeastern United States. Check ERAU’s website for more information about this event: https://observatory. db.erau.edu.

This program partnership brings together the primary astronomy and space education facilities in the Daytona Beach area, highlighting the ERAU Observatory and MOAS Lohman Planetarium.

The outdoor portion of the MOAS Night Sky Festival is free and is weather permitting. Parking is limited. Planetarium shows have limited seating and are first-come, first-served. Planetarium shows are free for members, $5.00 for non-members and free for children 5 and under.

Schedule: 7:00pm: Live "The Sky Tonight" Show 8:00pm: Unfolding the Universe with the James Webb Space Telescope

9:00pm: Live “The Sky Tonight” Show

February

Wednesday, February 1

3:00pm-4:00pm

Talk and Walk | A Beautiful Mess: Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguard and a Spinning Demonstration

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for a tour of the A Beautiful Mess: Weavers & Knotters of the Vanguard exhibition. This diverse exhibition features an all-female roster of talented artists and includes approximately 18 artworks and installations. By utilizing non-traditional materials, personal memories & complex histories, the ten women artists in A Beautiful Mess strive to revolutionize a previously marginalized genre. Join us for fiber spinning demonstration at the end of the presentation.

Free for members or with paid admission.

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Friday, February 3 7:00pm-9:00pm

Special Film Showing: King in the Wilderness

Join us in the Lohman Planetarium in conjunction with Daytona Beach Zone 3 City Commissioner Quanita May and 623 Management ad agency for Black History Month with a showing of King in the Wilderness. Through personal stories of the people who were around him, this 2018 film recently broadcast on HBO follows King during the last years of his life from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his murder in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968. Advanced registration is recommended by calling the Museum or visiting MOAS.org. Space is limited and seating is firstcome, first-served.

Free to the public.

Monday, February 6

2:00pm-3:00pm

T'ang Dynasty, the Silk Road, and Art | Selections from the Shulte Collection of Chinese Art Join Kate Weingart PhD., a former Fullbright Academic Scholar in China, in the Root Family Auditorium, for a look at the Silk Road trade route and how it influenced trade, Buddhism, and art. Discover how the collection fits into the history of the Silk Road from the T'ang Dynasty through the Quing Dynasty.

Free for members or with paid admission.

Tuesday, February 7

2:00pm-5:00pm

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Join us in the Root Family Auditorium in conjunction with Daytona Beach Zone 3 City Commissioner Quanita May and 623 Management ad agency for a celebration of the rarely seen civil rights documentary, King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis. This Academy Awardnominated documentary film is constructed from a wealth of archival footage. It follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968 in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the civil rights movement.

Free for members and Volusia County residents or with paid museum admission.

Friday, February 10

3:00pm-4:30pm

An Afternoon with Florida History

An afternoon of Florida history in the Root Family Auditorium.

Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Florida’s Famous Shipwrecks

When Columbus arrived in the Caribbean in 1492, the Americas and the islands were inhabited by hundreds of thousands of native people from the Arctic to the tip of South America. How did they get there? Did everyone originally cross over the Bering Strait 12,000 years ago then spread across the continents by foot? Why were the cultures in Mesoamerica so advanced compared with people in North America? Come along for a whirlwind trip that will take you back over 30,000 years, crossing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and revealing some surprising facts and theories about the Western Hemisphere’s original people.

Brian Polk was the DeLeon Springs State Park manager from 2005-2018, retiring after a long and enjoyable career with Florida State Parks that included working in 14 parks and in the state parks' central office in Tallahassee. With a degree in Florida History from Florida Atlantic University, Brian enjoys developing history programs and presenting them throughout Volusia County.

Saturday, February 11

12:00pm-5:00pm

International Day of Women and Girls in Science Bring the whole family for a full day of activities at the Museum of Arts & Sciences as we celebrate our 4th Annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This event will host an inspiring group of women from various disciplines to highlight the amazing achievements, accomplishments, and work that is being done in all areas of science. There will be guest speakers in the Lohman Planetarium, as well as presenters and demonstrations throughout the Museum.

Schedule:

12:00pm: Live “The Sky Tonight” Show

1:00pm: "Galaxies of Women" with ERAU’s Dr. Ashley Lear and Kayla Taylor

2:00pm: Dr. Addie Dove, UCF Planetary Scientist (topic TBA)

3:00pm: Energy Stage Show by Nicole Messervy, Manager of Education (auditorium)

4:00pm: Theoretical Astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) (Topic TBA)

Stay tuned for updates on guest speakers and organizations. Seating for our guest lectures is limited and is first come, first served.

Free for members and children ages 17 and under, or with paid museum admission.

Saturday, February 11

7:00pm-10:00pm

Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts Rock-out monthly during one of the Museum's Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts in the Lohman Planetarium.

7:00pm: Laser Country 8:00pm: Laser Metallica 9:00pm: Laser Queen

Seating is limited. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285 or at MOAS.org.

$4.00 per show for members, $5.00 per show for non-members.

Tuesday, February 14

6:00pm-8:00pm

Love and the Cosmos: A Lohman Planetarium Valentine’s Event

Bring along your special someone to the Lohman Planetarium for an evening celebrating love and the universe. We will begin with our live astronomy show, Love and the Cosmos, at 6:00pm where we will search for love throughout all corners of our universe - from night sky constellation folklore to the Valentine's themed cosmic coincidences that can be found in planets, nebulae, and even galaxies. The love keeps on going at 7:15pm with our Laser Love Show, featuring love-inspired songs synced to brilliant laser imagery. Telescope viewing will also be held in the MOAS courtyard throughout the evening (weather permitting). Each ticket includes a complimentary glass of champagne and a small chocolate treat. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. This event is for ages 21 and older. Advanced purchase of admission is recommended by calling the Museum at 386255-0285 or at MOAS.org.

$12.00 for members, $14.00 for non-members.

Thursday, February 16

2:00pm-3:30pm

Florida Vistas Book Club: The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers

Join us for our next Florida history book club meeting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art where we will be discussing The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers, by Andrew Huse, Barbara C. Cruz, and Jeff Houck. How did the Cuban sandwich become a symbol for a displaced people, win the hearts and bellies of America, and claim a spot on menus around the world? The odyssey of the Cubano begins with its hazy origins in the midnight cafés of Havana, from where it evolved into a dainty high-class hors d’oeuvre and eventually became a hearty street snack devoured by cigar factory workers. In The Cuban Sandwich, three devoted fans—Andrew Huse, Bárbara Cruz, and Jeff Houck—sort through improbable vintage recipes, sift gossip from Florida oldtimers, and wade into the fearsome Tampa vs. Miami sandwich debate (is adding salami necessary or heresy?) to reveal the social history behind how this delicacy became a lunch-counter staple in the US and beyond. RSVP to attend online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. Free for members, $5.00 for future members.

Monday, February 20

6:30pm-8:00pm

Night of Jazz with Cody McCafferty featuring Benny Bennack II Join us in the Root Family Auditorium at MOAS for an evening presentation by the Cody McCafferty Quartet featuring Emmy-nominated trumpeter and singer, Benny Benack III. Proven to be one of the rarest of talents, Benny is not only a fiery trumpet player with the stirring command of the postbop trumpet vernacular in the vein of Kenny Dorham and Freddie Hubbard, but also a singer with a sly, mature, naturally expressive delivery in the post-Sinatra mold, performing standards and his own astute songs with a thrilling sense of showmanship. Register at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. $25.00 for members, $30.00 for non-members.

Wednesday, February 22 12:00pm-1:30pm

Lunch and Learn: Treasures of MOAS Join Senior Curator of History, Zach Zacharias and Head Docent, Marion Whelton at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for a unique look at many of the rare and one-of-a-kind objects on display. Learn about the original prototype Coca-Cola bottle, the Hiawatha train car, Napeoleon Bonaparte's bed, the Hadley Chst, the world-famous Giant Ground Sloth, the Quervelle Wardrobe, and more. Call the Museum to reserve your RSVP at 386-2550285 ext. 312 and to place your lunch order. Space is limited and advanced RSVP and paid lunch are required.

$10.00 for members, $20.00 for non-members (includes lunch)

WINTER PROGRAMS

Friday, February 24 6:30pm-10:00pm

MOAS Night Sky Festival

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as we celebrate the wonders of astronomy and the night sky for Florida’s most exciting star party.

Stop by MOAS for our Night Sky Festival as we peer through a wide variety of telescopes set up outside on the front entrance courtyard. We will enjoy the winter sky as we observe the crescent Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Pleiades, the Orion Nebula, and much more. Throughout the evening, we will be performing live outdoor sky tours with green laser pointers, presenting astronomy programs in the Lohman Planetarium, and conducting hands-on activities around the Museum.

Make sure to also include a trip to the nearby ERAU campus for their Astronomy Open House where you will find telescope tours, astronomy presentations, hands-on demonstrations, and have an opportunity to look through one of the largest publicly accessible telescopes in the southeastern United States. Check ERAU’s website for more information about this event: https://observatory.db.erau.edu.

The outdoor portion of the MOAS Night Sky Festival is free and is weather permitting. Parking is limited. Planetarium shows have limited seating and are first-come, first-served. Lohman Planetarium shows are free for members, $5.00 per show for non-members, and free for children 5 and under.

Schedule: 7:00pm Live "The Sky Tonight" Show 8:00pm Live “Exploring Mars with Perseverance” Show

9:00pm Live “The Sky Tonight” Show

This program partnership brings together the primary astronomy and space education facilities in the Daytona Beach area, highlighting the ERAU Observatory and MOAS Lohman Planetarium.

Saturday, February 25

10:00am-1:00pm

Annual Muscle and Vintage Car Show Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for one of our most popular shows all year. DJ Frank Roberts will be spinning music from the 50’s and 60’s while you view one of the area’s best and most comprehensive muscle and vintage car shows. Many American muscle cars such as Mustangs, Camaro’s, Cadillac’s, and other hotrods will be showcased at MOAS. Join us for vintage autos, food trucks, and music that make for a great day of nostalgia at the Museum.

The car show is free to the public. Museum entrance is standard admission price.

Saturday, February 25 3:00pm-4:00pm

Seeking Truth and Healing the Racial Divide Seeking Insights for Solutions is a group of 43 black and white members within the University Women of Flagler. “Seeking and Sharing Insights: Race and Equality” is a 33-minute film incorporating insights from 25 cross-racial interviews of women in our group along with the related research identified in the areas of housing, education, health, economics, and criminal justice. Join us in the Root Family Auditorium for this sharing of life stories illustrates that connecting with people who have different experiences leads to understanding and empathy and, yes, friendships. A round table discussion will follow the film.

Free for members or with paid admission.

March

Wednesday, March 1

7:00pm-9:00pm

MOAS Night Sky Festival: Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter

Join us in the Lohman Planetarium and MOAS Courtyard to enjoy a rare celestial event: A conjunction of the planets Venus and Jupiter. Over the past weeks, Venus and Jupiter have been drifting towards each other in the night sky. Now, the two brightest planets will align from our perspective here on Earth to create a bright and wonderful spectacle. Weather permitting, Lohman Planetarium staff will be on hand with telescopes to give you a closeup view of the two main attractions, plus Mars, the Moon, and more.

Schedule: 7:00pm: Live “The Sky Tonight” Show

Parking is limited. Planetarium shows have limited seating and are first-come, firstserved. Outdoor portion is free. Planetarium show is free for members, $5.00 for nonmembers and free for children 5 and under.

Friday, March 3 3:00pm-4:00pm

Howard Stephen Berg, World’s Fastest Speed Reader

Howard Stephen Berg is recognized as the world’s fastest reader thanks to the cuttingedge accelerated learning techniques he developed that turn information overload into information assets. Respected internationally for his contribution to the learning process, he is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute. Howard has appeared on over 3,000 radio and television programs including Neil Cavuto, Jon Stewart, and Live With Regis. His brain-based learning strategies have been hailed as a major breakthrough in publications like Forbe’s FYI, Selling, Men’s Health, Red Book, and Bottom Line Magazine, and have been featured in dozens of newspaper interviews throughout North America. Join Howard in the Root Family Auditorium for an amazing presentation and how you can improve your speed, comprehension, and more.

Free for members or with paid admission.

Tuesday, March 7

2:00pm-5:00pm

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Join us in the Root Family Auditorium in conjunction with Daytona Beach Zone 3 City Commissioner Quanita May and 623 Management ad agency for a celebration of the rarely seen civil rights documentary, King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis. This Academy Award-nominated documentary film is constructed from a wealth of archival footage. It follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968 in his rise from regional activist to worldrenowned leader of the civil rights movement. Free for members and Volusia County residents or with paid museum admission.

Wednesday, March 8

3:00pm-4:00pm

Talk and Walk: Root Family Museum with Preston Root

Join Root family member, Preston Root, in the Root Family Museum to learn first-hand about the family’s amazing collection of Americana, with every imaginable item relating to the bottling, advertising, and consumption of CocaCola, the iconic American soft drink on which their family fortune was founded. Hear family stories including those on the Sumar Race Cars and their adventures on their personal train car. Free for members or with paid admission.

Friday, March 10

6:00pm-9:00pm

Movie Night in the Lohman Planetarium: Hidden Figures

Join us in the Lohman Planetarium to celebrate International Women’s Day with the critically acclaimed Hidden Figures. Nominated for Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards, this historical drama follows the African American women whose mathematics sent NASA’s astronauts to the Moon, while they faced discrimination at home. This event includes a bonus presentation by ERAU’s Dr. Ashley Lear and graduate student Kayla Taylor on women in astronomy as they delivered it at the 2022 International Astronautical Congress in Paris. This film will be displayed in 16:9 aspect ratio on the Planetarium dome in stunning 4K Ultra high definition. Popcorn and snacks will be available at the concession stand. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the event start time. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended by calling 386-255-0285.

Schedule:

6:00pm - “A Woman ‘in the snow among the Clocks and instruments’: How Adrienne Rich Reimagined the Lives of Women Astronomers, by ERAU’s Dr. Ashley Lear and graduate student Kayla Taylor

7:00pm - Hidden Figures

$10.00 for members, $12.00 for non-members.

WINTER PROGRAMS

Saturday, March 11

7:00pm-10:00pm

Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts Rock-out monthly during one of the Museum's Second Saturday Laser Rock Concerts in the Lohman Planetarium.

7:00pm: Laser Vinyl 8:00pm: Rush 2112 9:00pm: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (50th Anniversaary of album release - March 1, 1973) Seating is limited. Advanced purchase of tickets is recommended by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285 or at MOAS.org. $4.00 per show for members, $5.00 per show for non-members.

Wednesday, March 15

12:00pm-1:30pm

Lunch and Learn: Still Lifes of the Museum from the Brown Collection to the American Gallery Join Zach Zacharias, Senior Curator of History, along with Master Landscape Artist Arnold Desmarais and Head MOAS Docent, Marion Welton at the Museum of Arts & Sciences to learn about the still life paintings in the various galleries in the Museum. Learn about this beautiful genre of painting developing out of the Netherlands in the 16th and 17th centuries. Discover how the composition, shape, form, perspective, light, and dark pattern make these works of art so important and desirable. A tour of the works of art will be included. Call the Museum to reserve your RSVP at 386-255-0285 ext. 312 and to place your lunch order. Space is limited and advanced RSVP and paid lunch are required. $10.00 for members, $20.00 for non-members (includes lunch)

Thursday, March 16 2:00pm-3:30pm

Florida Vistas Book Club: Islands of Cedars Join us for our next Florida history book club meeting at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art where we will be discussing Islands of Cedars by Shana Smith. January 1, 1923 – Rosewood Florida, a thriving African American community in the Jim Crow South, was torched to oblivion by the infamous spark of one white woman’s lie. Six innocent victims and untold gallons of blood and tears were left in the wake of the weeklong racist rampage that followed. Terrorized families were left homeless and on the run. Exactly one hundred years later, another spark has begun to burn: Hope. Here in the still wild heart of remote northwest Florida, race and ecology intersect in the small Gulf coast town of Cedar Key, where the past, present, and future of our relationships with each other and the planet converge. With hundreds of souls still without a resting place in both Rosewood and Cedar Key, the first victim of the Rosewood massacre, Sam Carter, is determined to find a way Home with help from the Native ancestors. Meanwhile, three descendants--Sam’s great-grandson, the great-great-granddaughter of Seminole Indian matriarch Polly Emateloye Parker, and the son of the leader of a local Ku Klux Klan group--form an unlikely alliance as they learn to open their hearts and minds to increasing signals from ghosts of the past. By heeding nature, spirit, and their own sense of instinctive connection, they all work together to begin to change the patterns of history. RSVP to attend online at MOAS.org or by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285. Free for members, $5.00 for future members.

Friday, March 17

6:30pm-8:30pm

Bonkerz Comedy Night

Join us in the Root Family Auditorium at MOAS for a fun night with Bonkerz Comedy Club featuring Johnny Mac from HBO and more!

Johnny Mac is a comedy veteran with over 20 years in the business. Originally from New York, his energetic style and warm smile are sure to have your laughing from start to finish. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. Ages 18 and older are welcomed. Seating is limited and advanced RSVP is recommended by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285 or by visiting MOAS.org. $10.00 for members, $12.00 for non-members.

Saturday, March 18

10:00am-3:00pm

Natural History Festival

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences for a fun and exciting day of fossils, marine specimens, minerals, ecology, and more! Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Schedule:

10:30am: Renovating the Dinosaurs and Other Creatures of Deep Time Matthew T. Carrano, Research Geologist and Curator of Dinosauria at the Smithsonain's National Museum of Natural History

11:30am: Fossil Sharks and Evolution with Amateur Paleontologist and Fossil Shark Researcher, Bill Heim

12:30pm: Window into a World of Giants with Matthew T. Carrano, Research Geologist and Curator of Dinosauria at the Smithsonain's National Museum of Natural History

1:30pm: The Fossil Hunters TV Show with Director and Producers, Donald and April Brunning.

Monday, March 20

2:00pm-3:00pm

The History of Landscape Painting wth Docent, Kate Weingart Ph.D.

Join Docent Kate Wiengart Ph.D. in the Education Room at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art to learn about the history of landscape painting as emphasized in the Cici and Hyatt Brown Collection. Learn about the role of the Hudson River School of Art, the Barbizon School, and the British Landscape movement. Discover John Constable, Joseph Turner, and others who influenced landscape painting from the 19th to the 20th century.

Space is limited and admittance is on a firstcome, first-served basis.

Free for members or with paid admission.

Sunday, March 26

3:00pm-5:00pm

Fairy Garden Tea Party

Join Lanipots in the Courtyard at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art to create your very own fairy garden! Enjoy an assortment of tea and scones as well as a bar with beer and wine for purchase. Ages 8 and older are welcomed. Seating is limited and advanced RSVP is required by calling the Museum at 386-255-0285 or by visiting MOAS.org.

$45.00 for members, $50.00 for non-members.

Wednesday, March 29

2:00pm-3:30pm

Art Demonstration: Textured Surfaces with Artist Carolyn Land

Carolyn believes the most authentic experience one can have, is with nature. The textures she finds in nature are what motivates her work. Carolyn creates amazing pieces where the subject is tied to texture, she uses a hard surface for backing, and applies several commercial products, or found objects to create the textures. Carolyn applies the same elements and principles of design as if she is doing a very realistic piece; developing pathways for the viewer to follow through her painting. Carolyn loves to apply acrylic paint creating vibrant an interesting nature related painting. Come join Carolyn in the Education Room at the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art and learn about her unique style.

Free for members or with paid museum admission.

Thursday, March 30

3:00pm-4:30pm

An Afternoon with Florida History: The Second Seminole War and Its Fierce Aggression with Florida Historian, Randy Jaye Join Florida Historian, Randy Jaye in the Root Family Auditorium to learn about the astounding history of the Second Seminole War (18351842) and the United States government’s fierce aggression against indigenous people. This presentation begins with the story of how the Seminoles (groups of indigenous people from various tribes including the Alabamas, Choctaw, Creek, Yamasees and Yuchis moved into colonial Florida in the 18th century and became known as the Seminoles). After the United States gained possession of Florida in 1821 White European settlers pressured the government to move the Seminoles into a reservation in the middle of the territory. Several years later, in 1830, the Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson, which legally allowed the U.S. government to forcefully remove the Seminoles from Florida. Learn about the important history of these unconquered people known as the Seminoles.

Free for members or with paid museum admission.

WINTER PROGRAMS

Friday, March 31 7:00pm-10:00pm

MOAS Night Sky Festival

Join us at the Museum of Arts & Sciences and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as we celebrate the wonders of astronomy and the night sky for Florida’s most exciting star party.

Stop by MOAS for our Night Sky Festival as we peer through a wide variety of telescopes set up outside in the front entrance courtyard. We will enjoy the late winter and early spring sky as we observe the gibbous Moon, Venus, Leo, Mars, Pleiades, the Orion Nebula, and much more. Throughout the evening, we will be performing live outdoor sky tours with green laser pointers, presenting astronomy programs in the Lohman Planetarium, and conducting hands-on activities around the Museum.

Make sure to also include a trip to the nearby ERAU campus for their Astronomy Open House where you will find telescope tours, astronomy presentations, hands-on demonstrations, and have an opportunity to look through one of the largest publicly accessible telescopes in the southeastern United States. Check ERAU’s website for more information about this event: https:// observatory.db.erau.edu.

The outdoor portion of the MOAS Night Sky Festival is free and is weather permitting. Parking is limited. Planetarium shows have limited seating and are first-come, first-served. Lohman Planetarium shows are free for members, $5.00 per show for non-members, and free for children 5 and under.

Schedule: 7:00pm Live "The Sky Tonight" Show

8:00pm Live “Flight Through the Universe” Show

9:00pm Live “The Sky Tonight” Show

This program partnership brings together the primary astronomy and space education facilities in the Daytona Beach area, highlighting the ERAU Observatory and MOAS Lohman Planetarium.

Reminiscing on 2022 Fun-raising!

2022 was a wonderful year for our MOAS Guild. It has been a great privilege to serve as your president. But wait, I still have another year in my term. In 2022 we accomplished so many goals and enjoyed working together to help support our museum. We are truly a well-oiled machine. Many members took over new positions and realized what a great team we have as we faced many new challenges with great success.

In May we celebrated our 60th anniversary with cocktails and were presented with our own Guild Wall in the lobby of the Museum. Please check out our upcoming events that our listed on our bulletin board.

At our monthly meetings we had a social time and then

several guest speakers before our meeting agenda. Our Garden Party Luncheon was a beautiful event in the Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art.

Of course, we are very proud to have presented our 60th Halifax Art Festival on Beach Street in Daytona Beach. This was a record fundraising year for us. We had a great number of artists and most importantly a great number of families who enjoyed our beautiful weather. A record crowd enjoyed purchasing items, eating food, and listening to outstanding music and a few even enjoyed sipping wine and beer. We could not have accomplished our goal without our 100 volunteers. I can honestly say the Guild did an outstanding job of helping

support the Museum financially and encouraging our friends and family to visit our museum.

If you are looking for a way to contribute to our community and gain new friendships please join us on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the beautiful Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art at 10am. You must be a Museum member to join the Guild and our memberships dues are only $40.00 annually!

Please contact me or any member and we will be happy to answer any questions.

Wishing you a wonderful and Happy 2023!

Diane Rogers, President 386-871-8177

Thank You to Our 2022 Halifax Art Festival Patrons

The Patron Program is an integral part of the Halifax Art Festival. It is quite meaningful to the program and meaningful to the artist. The artists proudly display the Patron Ribbons you provided to them once you have made your purchase.

James M. Anderson

Judy Barefield

Susan Bayley

Cici Brown

Irene Curran

Melinda Dawson

Janet Dyer

Sherry Erbe

Anna Farrell

Pam Fieldus

Maureen Fitzpatrick

Lynn Franken

Suzanne F. Fream

Michael French

Zayna Gibson

Gile Electric Co.

Braxton Godwin

Maria Hane

Margie Hendra

Joan Horneff

Karrie Houlton

Lester Housel

Joni Hunt

Terrie Iams

Caroline Keene

Lesa Kennedy

Judy Krombholtz

Claris Mac'kie

Maureen Mahoney

Marcia D. Manthey

Colleen Miles

Arthur & Lynne Morris

Murray Patricia Dina O'Neil

Ellen O'Shaughnessy

Andrea Pair

Jacqueline Peacock Ann Philips

Damian & Missy Pitts

Bill & Tina Rambo

Pat Rice

Diane Rogers

Ryan Ochipa Insurance

Kandice Schromm

Dr. Barbara Serle

Jill Simpkins

Deborah Smith

Elaine Soviero

Tommy & L.C. Tobey

Tom Cook Jewelers Marget Toth

Lee Walck

Wholesale Lighting Kathy Wilson Joanna Xenedes

The majesty of the Artemis 1 launch was captured in this image at the Kennedy Space Center as it lifted into the sky. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Lighting up the night as if an artificial sunrise was blazing across the sky, a chest-shaking, thunderous sound echoed off the surrounding terrain as a massive twenty-three story tall machine rode controlled explosions into the sky. This is just a taste of what it felt like to witness the beginning of NASA ' s Artemis 1 mission with the powerful Space Launch System ( SLS ) rocket lifting off at 1:47 a.m. on November 16th, 2022, sending the comparatively small Orion spacecraft to a trajectory that would take it to the Moon. The successful launch means that SLS is currently the most powerful rocket in the world.

Words, or even photographs and video, can barely describe the experience of watching a launch like this up close at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Being only three miles away at NASA's press site near the famous countdown clock, I could feel the rumble of

nearly nine million pounds of thrust that blasted Launch Complex 39B with a torrent of flames. The launch was so powerful it unexpectantly damaged the launchpad, blowing through the elevator blast doors and wreaking havoc on other structural components.

I have been fortunate enough to cover many launches down at the Cape during my time at MOAS, watching NASA’s Space Shuttle, ULA’s Delta and Atlas vehicles, and seeing the innovative SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets blast off into space. They are all certainly

unique and amazing, but they don't match the ground-shaking quality of SLS.

The best description I have for comparison is it almost felt like the retired Space Shuttle was launching at half its usual distance from the Press Site. And this description is apt since SLS uses a similar, but beefier, rocket layout utilizing two upgraded solid rocket boosters, and four RS-25 engines that were recycled from the Shuttle program. Altogether, the thrust of this vehicle is equivalent to 25,000 trains running simultaneously.

The last time a launch of this caliber took place from KSC was the lift-

Credit: NASA

off of the last Saturn V rocket that took an uncrewed Skylab space station into orbit in 1973.

The Saturn V was developed for the Apollo program in the 60s and 70s to ferry astronauts to the Moon, and from first-hand accounts and launch footage, this rocket’s power was similar to what SLS recently unleashed on Earth.

It is very fitting that the next most powerful lift vehicle would be needed for this new Moon-shot program with Artemis. The program name shift is fitting as well since Artemis is the sister of Apollo, and the goddess of the Moon, from Greek mythology.

The arduous journey to launch was not without significant engineering and funding challenges for NASA. Building a new heavy lift vehicle for NASA and its partners was met with cost overruns and development delays.

Just getting the vehicle off the ground for the first time posed significant challenges and setbacks. The first attempt in late August suffered a number of problems, most significantly a faulty temperature sensor that ultimately scrubbed the launch. The next attempt a month later was plagued with leaks of the hyper-cold

hydrogen during the fueling process. This type of fuel, as was used in the External Tank of the Space Shuttles, can be very difficult to work with, but is needed for the RS-25 liquid-fueled engines.

Late September in Florida brought with it Hurricane Ian, that forced NASA to drive the exposed SLS rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. After the Mobile Launch Platform, yet again, brought the rocket back to the launchpad, the setbacks continued when a late season hurricane in early November barreled toward KSC. NASA chose not to bring the rocket back to the VAB with Hurricane Nicole, with winds that gusted up to 100 MPH that pummeled SLS. Fortunately, it was determined that no significant damage occurred on the new heavy lift rocket during the storm.

But even with all of those hurdles and setbacks taking place, finally seeing Artemis take flight seemed to melt those worries away.

Artemis 1, as this mission is designated, was to prove the lifting capabilities of SLS and to test the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle on an uncrewed journey to the Moon. This new capsule-style spacecraft (similar to the Apollo Command Module) carried mannequins

Credit: NASA

and testing hardware to ensure a safe mission ahead for Artemis 2, which would take an actual crew of four around the Moon, possibly no earlier than 2024.

The later stages of Artemis 1 played out smoothly as Orion flew past the Moon just 5 days after launch, followed by the insertion of a large lunar orbit that had never been flown before with a crew-intended spacecraft.

And to watch this all start at NASA KSC was truly a special moment.

As I do with many of the launches, I tracked the lift-off with one of our 8-inch Cassegrain telescopes. With an X-Box controller and laptop operating the telescope, as well as a connected DSLR camera, I was able to capture the launch in slowmotion, as I manually tracked SLS from its launchpad.

It is always quite exhilarating and

nerve wracking to capture a launch this way, even more so with a historical mission like Artemis 1. But it all paid off as I successfully captured lift-off, booster separation, and the main core stage finally heading into space.

With so many rockets blasting off these days, this mission was a solid reminder that this still isn’t routine.

It takes extraordinary engineering and immense hard work from people around the U.S. and the world to make it possible.

2.) A still frame from Seth Mayo's launch video through a telescope of the top of the SLS rocket where the uncrewed Orion spacecraft was located. Credit: Seth Mayo/MOAS

3.) This still frame from our telescope launch footage shows the two solid rocket boosters falling back to Earth after they were jettisoned from the main core stage. Credit: Seth Mayo/MOAS

4.) During the first day of the Artemis 1 mission after launch, a camera attached to the Orion spacecraft captured this shot of Earth at about 57,000 miles away. Credit: NASA

5.) This space selfie captured from the uncrewed Orion spacecraft during the sixth day of the mission on November 21, 2022, shows the far side of the Moon before a much larger retrograde orbit was attained. Credit: NASA

1.) NASA's Space Launch System rocket blasting off from Launch Complex 39B. Water can be seen at the bottom right from the deluge system for sound suppression and heat reduction around the rocket and launchpad. Credit: NASA/Chris Coleman and Kevin Davis

Artemis I Flight Day 13: Orion, Earth, and Moon. Credit: NASA

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